PRINTER'S NO.  16

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

31

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, ERICKSON, RAFFERTY, KASUNIC AND ALLOWAY, JANUARY 12, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 12, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

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Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in officers serving

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process and enforcing orders, providing for municipal police.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Chapter 29 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subchapter to read:

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SUBCHAPTER D

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MUNICIPAL POLICE

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Sec.

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2961.  Municipal police.

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§ 2961.  Municipal police.

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(a)  Fee.--If a municipal police officer executes one or more

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warrants or effectuates the payment of fines and costs by

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attempting to execute one or more warrants, the fee for such

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service shall be $35 per defendant.

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(b)  Payment.--The fee shall be borne by the defendant. The

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fee shall be collected as provided by law for court costs. Once

 


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collected, the fee shall be remitted to the municipality which

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provided the service or to the Commonwealth if no municipal

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police department exists for the municipality.

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(c)  Definition.--As used in this section, the term

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"municipal police officer" shall include the Pennsylvania State

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Police where no municipal police department exists.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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